Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!You have given me relief when I was in distress.Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!O men, how long shall my honour be turned into shame?How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? SelahBut know that the LORD has set apart theContinue reading “Psalm 4: David cries out to God.”
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Psalm 3: ….David under attack from his son Absalom.
O LORD, how many are my foes!Many are rising against me;many are saying of my soul,“There is no salvation for him in God. SelahBut you, O LORD, are a shield about me,my glory, and the lifter of my head.I cried aloud to the LORD,and he answered me from his holy hill. SelahI lay down andContinue reading “Psalm 3: ….David under attack from his son Absalom.”
Psalm 2: A psalm in four parts
Why do the nations rageand the peoples plot in vain?The kings of the earth set themselves,and the rulers take counsel together,against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,“Let us burst their bonds apartand cast away their cords from us.” Comment: In this first part the narrator of the Psalm, whom in its eternal meaning isContinue reading “Psalm 2: A psalm in four parts”
Mark 7: 14-23…..A very short parable!
And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” And when he had entered the house and leftContinue reading “Mark 7: 14-23…..A very short parable!”
Mark 7: 6-13….Jesus answers their accusations.
And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,“‘This people honours me with their lips,but their heart is far from me;in vain do they worship me,teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”And he said to them,Continue reading “Mark 7: 6-13….Jesus answers their accusations.”
Mark 7: 1-5…..Emphasis on tradition.
Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of theContinue reading “Mark 7: 1-5…..Emphasis on tradition.”
Mark 6: 53-56…A busy time schedule!
When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him and ran about the whole region and began to bring the sick people on their beds to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he came,Continue reading “Mark 6: 53-56…A busy time schedule!”
Mark 6: 45-52….A path on the sea.
Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray. And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was aloneContinue reading “Mark 6: 45-52….A path on the sea.”
Mark 6: 35-44….. Almost Unbelievable!
And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said to him,Continue reading “Mark 6: 35-44….. Almost Unbelievable!”
Mark 6: 30-36….Some teaching.
The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to aContinue reading “Mark 6: 30-36….Some teaching.”
As I read it! 